Oil-can



(No Model.)

F. D. vWINKLEY.

- OIL GAN.

No. 523,254. Patented July 17, 1894.

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FRANK D. WINKLEY, oF MADISON, WISCONSIN.

O-IL'CAN. 1

SPECIFICATIONKforming part of Letters Patent No. 523,254, dated J' uly17, 1894.

Application led October 25, 1893- Serial No. 4891130- (NO model-l To @ZZwhom t may concern.-

Beit known that I, FRANK D. WINKLEY, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, res1d1ng at Madison,in the county of Dane and State ofWisconsin, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements inOil-Cans, of n be placed, and in which there will be no loose partswhich must be removed before the oil canbe ejected, such loose partsbeing inconvenlent to manipulate and very liable to become lost.

I have illustrated an oil can constructed in accordance with myinvention in the accompanying drawings, in whichma Figure 1 is anelevation of a can with parts broken away. Fig. 2 is a similar view atright angles to Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a section taken lengthwise throughthe can and spout. Fig. 4 is a detail view.

The body of the can is represented at A, and may be of any desired sizeand shape, though I prefer to make it of substantially the shape shownin the above mentioned iigures. The neck of the can, shown at B,consists of a single piece of metal soldered in the opening formed inthe end of the can for its reception. The portion of this piece, or theneck proper, which projects from the end of the can is screwthreadedupon its exterior surface as shown at B to receive the spout C, whilethe portion Within the can and in proximity to the end, as at B2, isprovided with side openings 192,130 allow for the passage of the oil tothe-spout. The rear end of the piece B, is formed in the shape of ahollow post B3, through which the valve rod plays.

In order to secure a perfectly tight joint between the spout and-neck ofthe can the circular edge of the said neck is beveled as shown at b',and a flange c on the spout has a correspondingly beveled face, so thatwhen the portion C of the spout, which is designed to fit as snugly aspossible within the end of 5e the neck, is fitted into place the beveledor inclined shoulder or flange c will bear against the beveled face ofthe neck and when any pressure is applied a wed'ging effect will beproduced, causing a tight joint between the neck and spout. The upperface of the flange is fiat and thus forms a bearing for the internalflange of the collar D, which is freely movable on the spout.

The collar D has its interior surface screwthreaded to correspond withthe screw threads upon the exterior of the neck and by this means thespout may be clamped firmly to the neck of the can. The exterior face ofthe collar is Apreferably roughened or corrugated to provide a bearingfor the lingers in screwing it into place, and in order to furtherprovide against any leakage of the oil I place within the collar againstthe internal flange a suitable washer which bears against the flat faceof the iiange c asshown at c2.

The opening in the end of the spout is tapered internally as shown at E,thus providing a conical valve seat, which is closed normally by theconical end of the valve rod F. The valve rod is under pressure of aspring f, secured to the bottom of the can and bearing against a collarf on the rear end of the rod, so that the conical point of the rod iskept normally forced tightly against the opening in the spout. In orderto provide for the removal of the point of the rod from the valve seatwhen it is desired to eject the oil from the can I have provided thetoggle levers G, whichihave their rear ends g, connected to the collar fand their forward ends to the rear end of the hollow post, or to acollar, as at g. The central portions of the toggle levers extendoutward toward' the sides of the can (which are constructed of iiexiblemetal) as at g2, but in the normal position of the parts do not contactwith the interior faces of the said walls, but approach very closelythereto. When, therefore, it is desired to eject a portion of the oilfrom the can, a pressure upon the sides of the can adjacent to thepoints g2, will force the joints of the toggle levers inward, thusspreading their ends and forcing the valve rod backward against thepressure of the spring and opening the valve at the mouth of the spout,al-

lowing the oil to pass through the opening.

At the saine time the inward movement of the sides will contract thespace within the can and will aid in forcing the oily through theopeningprovided for its exit.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In an oil canthe combination with the body portion having a neck with a screwthreaded outer face and a beveled inner edge, of a spout of less sizethan the neck projecting therein, a flange on said spout having aninclined lower face corresponding to the said beveled edge, and a fiatupper face forming a continuation of the unbeveled portion of the neckedge, a washer extending across the joint between said fiat portions,and a movable collar threaded to engage the neck and having an internaliiange bearing on the washer, substantially as described.

2. In combinationthe body portion,the neck having the portion within thecan provided with side openings and extended to form a hollow post, aspout carried by the neck having a conical valve seat, a rod sliding inthe hollow post of the neck and having a conical end fitting said valveseat, a spring located at the bottom of the can for forcing the rodagainst the valve seat, and toggle levers hav ing their forward endsconnected with the hollow post and their rearends with the valve rod,the central portions ot' said toggle levers extending into closeproximity to the sides of the can, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof Iaflix my signature in presence of two witnesses. yy

Y F. D. WINKLEY. Witnesses:

FRANK S. HORNER, L. P. HOLMES.

